Great North Run set to make a monkey out of Tyneside solicitors Kyles Legal

Tyneside lawyers at Kyles Legal are to take on the Great North Run's 13.1 miles in aid of St Oswald's Hospice

Left to right: Mark Styles, Annalisa Moscardini, George the Gorilla (David Banks), Andrew Wraith and John Turner from Kyles Legal in North Shields

The Great North Run is set to make a monkey out of a team of Tyneside solicitors as they take on the 13.1 mile challenge for St Oswald’s Hospice.

David Banks, Annalisa Moscardini, Andrew Wraith, John Turner and Mark Styles are all set for Sunday - with David running in a full gorilla costume.

“I’ve had the costume for ages and my youngest son James did a zip slide for the Hospice while wearing it,” said David, a lawyer at Kyles Legal. “I want to raise at least £500 if I’m going to run in this suit.

“Dressing up a ‘George’ the Gorilla will hopefully get me a few extra sponsors and raise a few laughs along the way.”

For solicitor Annalisa, 30, from Gateshead it will be her first experience of the Great North Run.

“Each year I try and set myself a challenge,” she said. “My friend and I had a pact to do something big in celebration of our 30th birthdays this year and as David is such a big supporter of the Hospice and is very positive about what they do, I decided to take part and support a local charity.

“I’m the only one who hasn’t done it before and the only girl signed up. It’s my first time running long distance and my aim is just not to finish last out of the five of us.

“I want to beat David and John. But it’s not all about competition and it’s been nice doing it as a team.”

Emma Noble, Fundraiser at St Oswald’s said: “David and his family are long time supporters of the Hospice and he’s a brilliant ambassador for St Oswald’s, so we were thrilled to hear he’d spread the word and got his colleagues involved.

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